FG MEMBERS FUNDRAISER FOR CHILDREN OF FALLEN SOLDIERS

[CharityDrive]

Fundraiser is underway!

[SuperDave]

Hi Fellas!

Super Dave here. It’s time to start the Flying Giants Charity Drive!

What started out as a small idea to get people to donate to a worthy cause in exchange for getting to take a crack at Mad Max at the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout has quickly turned into an all out fundraising effort. After I posted the idea that people could donate a dollar to take a “swipe” or “bust-on” Max during his roast at the TAS (dollar per insult or observation) I received several private messages and follow-on posts from FG brothers who could not make the Shootout but wanted to pitch-in. With the help of Craven, 50% Plane and Boulder (and others), I posted a poll and asked people to vote for a few nominated charities. In the end, 76 members voted and the winner was “The Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund.”

After talking with Max via phone, he agreed it was a good idea. So here’s how I have it set up…

Goal: To make a large, one-time donation to The Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund in the name of the Flying Giants Members, mid-October.

How it will work:

In addition to the proceeds from the Roast of Mad Max at the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout, we launch this donation campaign through the use of a special Paypal account specifically set up for this drive, and by members mailing checks or money orders (no cash please) directly to me at the address I will provide below ***MADE OUT TO THE CHILDREN OF FALLEN SOLDIERS RELIEF FUND***. October 15th will be the last day to donate/send in checks.

After all the checks and Paypal deposits are in, I will:

• Transfer the Paypal money to a bank account I have set up for this drive
• Deposit the cash raised at the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout into the same account
• Get a bank check made out to the charity, for the transferred and deposited amounts, minus any fees
• Combine this check with all the mailed in checks
• I send all the checks and money orders to The Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund via FedEx (signature required) along with a letter about who we are and a list of donors

Accountability:

First off, if you don’t feel comfortable donating to this online fundraiser, please don’t. For those that feel like it’s a good deal, here’s what I’ll do to make sure everything is in the open for all to see.

As checks or money orders come in, I will log them into an Excel Spreadsheet with name and amount donated. As Paypal donations come in, I will cut and paste the list of donors and amounts into another spreadsheet. Periodically I will post a running total of donations received. At the conclusion of this effort, I will post the letter to the charity and a list of all those who donated (if you wish to remain anonymous, please tell me).

Note: I will not post a list of donors and amounts on this site, only a running total. The list of donors and amounts are for my tracking only.

However, if someone donates $100.00 or more, they shall be hailed publicly in this thread!

For information on the “Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund” please visit: www.cfsrf.org

To send a Paypal donation, please use this email address:

CharityDrive@flyinggiants.com

Important Paypal note: Please be advised… Paypal charges a fee of 1.9-2.9% + .30 of the donation. Unfortunate, but a fact of doing business.

To mail in a check or money order made out to “CHILDREN OF FALLEN SOLDIERS RELIEF FUND”, please send it to:

Dave Anderson
Attn: FGCD
1123 Arroyo Lupine Circle SE
Albuquerque, NM 87116
USA

OK fellas, let’s show them how it’s done GIANTS STYLE!

Regards,

Super Dave

[SuperDave]

Just to inform you... CharityDrive is a user account I set up for this fundraiser.

Dave

[Craven]

I will donate $100. I challenge all my FG brothers to match me or even better my donation. For all our FG brothers out there who can't donate that much remember, it's not about "how much" you can donate but, just making a donation if you can. Any donation of $1, $5, $10, $20, or more or less, will be greatly appreciated. Let's show everyone the strength of 20,000 members and what we can do to help our fellow man. Please donate....you'll really feel good if you do! And, a great big "THANKS" in advance to all who donate!

[SuperDave]

If anyone wants to use this avitar to promote the fundraiser, please feel free to copy this one...

Dave

[Twizlair]

Sent in my donation already now out to the garage to make the money to cover it

[Craven]

I just sent my $100 via paypal.

My challenge is on!

[Craven]

My club meeting is coming up soon. I will be asking my club to make a donation as well.

See if you can get your club to make a donation!

[1bwana1]

SuperDave,
I think what you are doing is really great. Thanks for taking the time to do this good work on behalf of the Flying Giants Community. I know it takes a lot of time and effort on your part to do this. I think if you keep track of who donated what, and get their information, you can get the recipient charity to issue receipts to the individual donors for tax purposes. This may encourage more donors.

I have sent the following through PayPal:

My base donation of $100.

$45 Because I pulled out of the Las Vegas Huckfest at the last minute, so I'm donating the pilot's fee to charity.

$15 to cover the PayPal and other fees so the charity get the full amount.

Come on FG community. All politics aside, these guys are giving their all for us. We should do whatever we can to take care of them and their families.

-STEVE-

[Craven]

Awesome! Thanks Steve!

[SuperDave]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Craven
	I just sent my $100 via paypal. My challenge is on!

Holy Smokes!!! Craven is the man!!!

[SuperDave]

Steve is also the man!!!! WOW

[SuperDave]

Off to a great start! At the end of the first day, the paypal account is up to $281.35. Nice going guys!

[Twizlair]

Craven, 1bwana1, 50%, and fellow giants this is an awsome start were at about $10 per hour. If we keep this on the latest list we could really show people how tight our giant family is with a large donation. If you are trolling around and see that this forum is off the latest list ping it and get back out there. To all the active/lurking giants out there two bucks from everyone would be about $40,000 from our community to a good cause.
Best wishes and I'm off to work.(ok you got me I'm off to the garage in my PJ's to paint.)
Jeramy

[Craven]

Helping a great cause this way is awesome!